Country star Jason Aldean to play at Corbin Arena in September

Officials for THE ARENA at The David L. Williams Southeastern KY Ag  Expo Complex are pleased to announce that country music superstar Jason Aldean will perform in concert on Friday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m.

After selling two million copies of his first two albums, topping the charts with five smash hits, racking up award nominations and hitting every stop on the requisite "new artist" tour circuit for the last three years, country rocker Jason Aldean is on the road promoting a very successful headlining tour along with his third album, Wide Open.

Jason Aldean has recorded three albums on the independent Broken Bow Records: Jason Aldean, Relentless, and Wide Open in 2005, 2007, and 2009 respectively. These albums have accounted for ten singles on the Billboard country singles charts. One of those singles, "Amarillo Sky" earned a 2006 ACM nomination for song of the year and video of the year. Jason Aldean earned the title of "Top New Male Vocalist" at the 2006 Academy of Country Music Awards. Jason Aldean has sold over one million copies in the United States, and was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2007.

At the 2010 CMT Music Awards Jason Aldean picked up 3 nominations in Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for "The Truth", as well as collaborative video of the year and CMT performance of the year for his performance of "Heaven" with Bryan Adams. Tickets for Jason Aldean are $42.75 and $37.75.  All seats are reserved and ticket prices include facility and parking fees. There will also be two pit sections sold on the floor next to the stage that will be standing room only; no seating is provided in these areas.  Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 9 at 10 a.m. 

Tickets are available at THE ARENA Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.Ticketmaster.com or to charge by phone call 1-800-745-3000.  THE ARENA Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  For additional event information please visit THE ARENA web site at www.EventsAtTheArena.com. THE ARENA at The David L. Williams Southeastern KY Ag  Expo Complex is a brand new $28 million multi-purpose venue featuring 5,000 fixed seats and capacities up to 6,800 seats. 

THE ARENA is owned by the City of Corbin and managed by SMG. Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides facility services to more than 220 public venues controlling over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide.